diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.test.tsx b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.test.tsx
index 0c4bd2a0611..8973d6e451d 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.test.tsx
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.test.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ jest.mock('@tiptap/react', () => {
                     blur: () => undefined,
                     insertContent: () => undefined,
                 },
-                setEditable: () => undefined,
+
+                // Mirrors the real library: an update is emitted unless the caller opts out.
+                setEditable: (_editable: boolean, emitUpdate = true) => {
+                    if (emitUpdate) {
+                        config?.onUpdate?.({editor: base});
+                    }
+                },
                 getJSON: () => ({type: 'doc', content: [{type: 'paragraph', content: [{type: 'text', text: 'hi'}]}]}),
                 view: {dom: globalThis.document.createElement('div')},
 
@@ -77,10 +83,13 @@ jest.mock('@tiptap/react', () => {
     };
 });
 
-jest.mock('./wysiwyg_suggestion_list', () => ({
-    __esModule: true,
-    default: () => null,
-}));
+jest.mock('./wysiwyg_suggestion_list', () => {
+    const ReactMock = require('react') as typeof import('react');
+    return {
+        __esModule: true,
+        default: () => ReactMock.createElement('div', {'data-testid': 'suggestion-list'}),
+    };
+});
 
 import WysiwygEditor from './wysiwyg_editor';
 
@@ -479,6 +488,141 @@ describe('WysiwygEditor', () => {
         expect(ref.current!.hasContentError()).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    describe('readOnly', () => {
+        const domAttributes = () => mockCapturedConfig.current?.editorProps?.attributes?.();
+
+        test('an editable editor is a textbox that is not disabled', () => {
+            renderWithContext(<WysiwygEditor {...baseProps}/>);
+
+            expect(mockCapturedConfig.current?.editable).toBe(true);
+            expect(domAttributes()).toMatchObject({role: 'textbox', 'aria-disabled': 'false'});
+        });
+
+        test('disabled is a textbox the user is locked out of', () => {
+            const {container} = renderWithContext(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    disabled={true}
+                />,
+            );
+
+            expect(mockCapturedConfig.current?.editable).toBe(false);
+            expect(domAttributes()).toMatchObject({role: 'textbox', 'aria-disabled': 'true', 'data-disabled': 'true'});
+            expect(container.querySelector('.WysiwygEditor--disabled')).not.toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        test('readOnly is content: not editable, and not announced as a control', () => {
+            const {container} = renderWithContext(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    readOnly={true}
+                />,
+            );
+
+            expect(mockCapturedConfig.current?.editable).toBe(false);
+
+            const attributes = domAttributes();
+            expect(attributes).not.toHaveProperty('role');
+            expect(attributes).not.toHaveProperty('aria-disabled');
+            expect(attributes).not.toHaveProperty('data-disabled');
+            expect(container.querySelector('.WysiwygEditor--disabled')).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        test('readOnly keeps an id addressable for callers that pass one', () => {
+            renderWithContext(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    readOnly={true}
+                    id='page-body'
+                />,
+            );
+
+            expect(domAttributes()).toMatchObject({id: 'page-body', 'data-testid': 'page-body'});
+        });
+
+        test('readOnly wins over disabled, so a caller passing both gets content', () => {
+            const {container} = renderWithContext(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    disabled={true}
+                    readOnly={true}
+                />,
+            );
+
+            expect(domAttributes()).not.toHaveProperty('aria-disabled');
+            expect(container.querySelector('.WysiwygEditor--disabled')).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        test('readOnly leaves out the suggestion list, which has nothing to complete', () => {
+            const {queryByTestId, rerender} = renderWithContext(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    readOnly={true}
+                />,
+            );
+
+            expect(queryByTestId('suggestion-list')).toBeNull();
+
+            rerender(<WysiwygEditor {...baseProps}/>);
+            expect(queryByTestId('suggestion-list')).not.toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        test('readOnly holds against insertText, which a handle holder can still reach for', () => {
+            jest.useFakeTimers();
+            const onChange = jest.fn();
+            const ref = React.createRef<React.ComponentRef<typeof WysiwygEditor>>();
+
+            renderWithContext(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    ref={ref}
+                    onChange={onChange}
+                    readOnly={true}
+                />,
+            );
+
+            mockChainCalls.current = [];
+            ref.current!.insertText(':smile:');
+            jest.runAllTimers();
+
+            expect(mockChainCalls.current).toHaveLength(0);
+            expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+            jest.useRealTimers();
+        });
+
+        test('switching in and out of readOnly is not an edit', () => {
+            jest.useFakeTimers();
+            const onChange = jest.fn();
+
+            const {rerender} = renderWithContext(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    onChange={onChange}
+                />,
+            );
+
+            rerender(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    onChange={onChange}
+                    readOnly={true}
+                />,
+            );
+            rerender(
+                <WysiwygEditor
+                    {...baseProps}
+                    onChange={onChange}
+                />,
+            );
+            jest.runAllTimers();
+
+            expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+            jest.useRealTimers();
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('Enter inside a heading', () => {
         const headingView = () => ({
             state: {
diff --git a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.tsx b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.tsx
index 4db94bfcf46..5bffec4c95f 100644
--- a/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.tsx
+++ b/webapp/channels/src/components/advanced_text_editor/wysiwyg_editor/wysiwyg_editor.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ type Props = {
     channelId: string;
     rootId?: string;
     disabled?: boolean;
+    readOnly?: boolean;
     id?: string;
     useCtrlSend?: boolean;
     sendCodeBlockOnCtrlEnter?: boolean;
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ const WysiwygEditor = forwardRef<WysiwygEditorHandle, Props>(({
     channelId,
     rootId,
     disabled = false,
+    readOnly = false,
     id,
     useCtrlSend = false,
     sendCodeBlockOnCtrlEnter = false,
@@ -165,6 +167,8 @@ const WysiwygEditor = forwardRef<WysiwygEditorHandle, Props>(({
     const onChangeRef = useLatest(onChange);
     const onFocusRef = useLatest(onFocus);
     const onBlurRef = useLatest(onBlur);
+    const disabledRef = useLatest(disabled);
+    const readOnlyRef = useLatest(readOnly);
     const useCtrlSendRef = useLatest(useCtrlSend);
     const sendCodeBlockOnCtrlEnterRef = useLatest(sendCodeBlockOnCtrlEnter);
     const placeholderRef = useLatest(placeholderText ?? '');
@@ -270,13 +274,18 @@ const WysiwygEditor = forwardRef<WysiwygEditorHandle, Props>(({
         // Tiptap emits this from the Editor constructor, which useEditor runs
         // during render — hence the buffering in captureContentError.
         onContentError: ({error}) => captureContentError(error),
-        editable: !disabled,
+        editable: !disabled && !readOnly,
         editorProps: {
-            attributes: {
+
+            // A function, not an object: the editor is built once, so a static map
+            // would freeze these at their value on mount.
+            attributes: () => ({
                 ...(id ? {id, 'data-testid': id} : {}),
-                role: 'textbox',
-                ...(disabled ? {'aria-disabled': 'true', 'data-disabled': 'true'} : {'aria-disabled': 'false'}),
-            },
+                ...(readOnlyRef.current ? {} : {
+                    role: 'textbox',
+                    ...(disabledRef.current ? {'aria-disabled': 'true', 'data-disabled': 'true'} : {'aria-disabled': 'false'}),
+                }),
+            }),
             handlePaste: (_view, event) => {
                 if (jsonMode) {
                     return false;
@@ -479,7 +488,7 @@ const WysiwygEditor = forwardRef<WysiwygEditorHandle, Props>(({
         getEditor: () => editorRef.current,
         insertText: (text: string) => {
             const ed = editorRef.current;
-            if (ed && !ed.isDestroyed) {
+            if (ed && !ed.isDestroyed && !readOnlyRef.current) {
                 const {state} = ed;
                 const {from} = state.selection;
                 const charBefore = from > 0 ? state.doc.textBetween(from - 1, from) : '';
@@ -525,19 +534,21 @@ const WysiwygEditor = forwardRef<WysiwygEditorHandle, Props>(({
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (editor && !editor.isDestroyed) {
-            editor.setEditable(!disabled);
+            editor.setEditable(!disabled && !readOnly, false);
         }
-    }, [disabled, editor]);
+    }, [disabled, readOnly, editor]);
 
     return (
-        <div className={`WysiwygEditor${disabled ? ' WysiwygEditor--disabled' : ''}`}>
+        <div className={`WysiwygEditor${disabled && !readOnly ? ' WysiwygEditor--disabled' : ''}`}>
             <EditorContent editor={editor}/>
-            <WysiwygSuggestionList
-                editor={editor}
-                channelId={channelId}
-                rootId={rootId}
-                onSubmit={handleSuggestionSubmit}
-            />
+            {!readOnly && (
+                <WysiwygSuggestionList
+                    editor={editor}
+                    channelId={channelId}
+                    rootId={rootId}
+                    onSubmit={handleSuggestionSubmit}
+                />
+            )}
         </div>
     );
 });
diff --git a/webapp/platform/shared/src/types/global/editor.ts b/webapp/platform/shared/src/types/global/editor.ts
index 34ea111dbef..fae11ef2a97 100644
--- a/webapp/platform/shared/src/types/global/editor.ts
+++ b/webapp/platform/shared/src/types/global/editor.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export type WysiwygEditorProps = {
     channelId: string;
     rootId?: string;
     disabled?: boolean;
+    readOnly?: boolean;
     id?: string;
     useCtrlSend?: boolean;
     sendCodeBlockOnCtrlEnter?: boolean;